Skyesports to run $350,000 LAN event in April

25-2-2024 19:30

The tournament will feature eight teams and take place on the same days as IEM Chengdu.

Skyesports Masters 2024 will feature seven teams from outside of India

Skyesports has announced more details about its 2024 Masters event, the biggest Counter-Strike competition ever held by the Indian company. The tournament will take place between April 8-14 and feature a $350,000 prize pool.

Skyesports has not yet announced a location for the event, which shares the same dates as IEM Chengdu. The Chinese tournament will feature ten teams currently in the top 20, including world No.1 FaZe.

Six foreign teams will be invited to attend the Skyesports Masters, with the remaining two spots being filled via qualifiers, one for European teams and one for Indian sides.

The expectation is that the event will contribute to the growth of the Indian Counter-Strike scene. However, many will be wary of the fact that some of Skyesports’ recent grandiose plans have fallen through. Initially announced as a franchise league, the Skyesports Masters is now a standalone LAN tournament with only one local team. The Skyesports Championship 5.0, scheduled for December 2023 in Mumbai, was postponed indefinitely after Aurora had already qualified for the event and OG had accepted an invitation to compete in the tournament.

The Skyesports Masters will be the second CS2 tournament run by the Indian company. Next month, it will organize a $48,500 LAN tournament in Pune called the Skyesports Grand Slam, featuring four teams, including Aurora and Bad News Kangaroos.

2024-02-25 19:30

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350k to tier 7 damn

2024-02-25 20:11

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Easy money for Spirit

2024-02-26 00:30

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facts

2024-02-26 02:14

who gonna stop spirit now

2024-02-26 02:31

why was half the thread deleted

2024-02-26 13:10

cap

2024-02-25 20:18

more forsakens incoming

2024-02-25 19:31

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calm

2024-02-25 19:56

Wil it be another hussars or actually real?

2024-02-25 19:32

Hussar is real just in summer Clueless

2024-02-25 22:05

Optic India comeback??

They gonna get sued for copyright infringement by skysports

you make a good point, wonder if that's a valid lawsuit or not? any lawyers here?

2024-02-26 05:44

As long as FaZe is there I'll be watching.

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it's literally written they won't be there, because it's at the same time as IEM Chengdu

2024-02-25 19:35

I'm not watching then

2024-02-25 19:37

2024-02-26 09:48

why would they make it on the same days as iem chengdu, thats really stupid tbh

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lets say they have vitlaity with zywoo, spirit with donk, navi/falcons with s1mple, which event will you be watching?

2024-02-25 19:49

Not sure these teams will take part of such event. Vitality typically skipping Chengdu to rest.

2024-02-25 19:52

but they failed in katowice right. they got lots of rest. they are only one event major until epl which is on april 23

2024-02-25 19:55

I mean its a decent prize pool with a dope trophy, better than doing nothing lol

2024-02-25 20:02

NaVi and Vitality almost never participate at any event that is not tier 1. Spirit and Falcons maybe won't decline the invite tho.

2024-02-25 20:41

very cool

Here we go again

2024-02-25 19:33

Im winning this 100%

IGC repeat?

2024-02-25 19:34

322 incoming, I can see it.

2024-02-26 12:50

I hope the players at least get to keep their belongings.

2024-02-26 13:34

forsaken back

Another event with no crowd

2024-02-25 19:39

international teams? so not #ez4ence?

ENCE might play this as they're not playing in IEM Chengdu

2024-02-25 19:59

Lets go Optic

2024-02-25 19:44

322 vibes

probably not going to happen

2024-02-25 19:57

Cool

2024-02-25 19:58

Good for Vitality and Spirit since it was a bummer they were occupied for the Chengu qualifiers, should play in this.

2024-02-25 20:00

Last one didnt happen did it? Think Aurora and OG were in it

yeah they cancelled it due to some unknown reason, they may actually invite Aurora and OG to this one as a kind of "sorry" edit : nevermind, i think skyesports grand slam is supposed to be the replacement for skyesports championship

2024-02-26 04:10

I'm surprised skysports hasn't an eSports channel for us to watch on.... eSports is huge it should be on tv... Imagine cs on a 65 inch tv with surround sound lmfao next level

2024-02-25 20:15

not sure if youre being sarcastic but skyesports isnt related to sky sports

Not at all m8 I'm saying is why hasn't a big company like skysports broadcasting eSports??? eSports is huge it should be on tv...

2024-02-25 20:17

knowing Sky Sports that channel would probably go for 40$/month

2024-02-25 20:20

probably has something to do with being brand-friendly, cant see any huge broadcasting company streaming a bunch of betting site ads for example, and the orgs would lose more money on those lost sponsors than they would from being on tv

2024-02-25 20:24

would be cool if they hosted it in india

2024-02-25 20:16

2024-02-25 20:26

they should, the last event was in Bangalore and I was in the crowd it was a good and honest effort

2024-02-25 20:43

India Gaming Carnival comeback

2024-02-25 20:25

2024-02-26 01:16

excel.exe

2024-02-25 20:27

POG but having it on the same dates as IEM is gonna hurt the viewership

2024-02-25 20:45

everyone will cancel to attend iem chengdu

2024-02-25 20:46

EZ FURIA

2024-02-25 20:51

Spirit will follow as they dont attend iem Chengdu. Rest will be tier whatever

2024-02-25 21:00

Wont take place anyways gg

2024-02-25 21:17

If this goes ahead... Fancy a trip to India, BIG?

2024-02-25 21:39

foresaken to analyst desk pls

2024-02-25 21:43

He is the man to check word.exe if the cheat is set correctly

2024-02-26 12:51

Lets Go!!

2024-02-25 22:08

forsaken didnt cheat because hltv users think you cant cheat on lan. forsaken cheating has been debunked

2024-02-25 22:10

Last time skyesports announced a Mumbai based tournament (with aurora qualifying & an invitation to OG) they postponed it without any statement. Hope it is not a similar kinda shitshow.

2024-02-25 22:14

Reward is tempting for some Mid level to low tier 1 team to show up. Rise pool is bigger than IEM chengdu. Falcons, ENCE, NaVi, C9, Apeks, liquid... can come. if they want to make some quick cash. its ez moni.... and I would be travelling where the Heck they have this tournament.

2024-02-25 22:21

2024-02-25 22:33

i hope some good team shows up.

2024-02-25 22:17

skysports knockoff

2024-02-25 22:18

ez for forsaken

2024-02-25 22:22

word2024.exe booting…

2024-02-25 22:26

Is this the first big CS event in India that has taken place recently? I'm eagerly waiting for it

2024-02-25 22:35

nice, i hope some tier1 teams will show up to this

2024-02-25 22:38

More organizers is always cool

2024-02-25 23:00

netflix.exe installing

2024-02-25 23:03

Happy to see more regions getting more TOs. Skyesports have been around for a while but theyve been stepping their game up, along with more Asian tournaments especially extremesland this makes the future look very bright for asian CS as a whole, very exciting!

2024-02-25 23:31

Yet another lie lol. I highly doubt that this "tournament" will actually happen, and if it does, who the hell in the top 20 ranked teams will actually attend?

2024-02-26 00:27

Bro, spirit, navi, vitality, falcons, liquid is not in IEM Chengdu. this tourney has a bigger prizepool than chengdu. also remember these tourney matters alot for valve ranking, which is becoming more and more important. Also some tier 2 teams like eternal fire, ence, apeks, gamerlegion, big, mibr, mongolz. There are many good top 20 teams that can attend this tourney

2024-02-26 00:35

m8, if orgs like Spirit, Liquid, and Falcons get invites, they’ll absolutely attend.

2024-02-26 01:41

Astralis india Major Chamoions 2024

INDIA CS IS IN THE BAAAAAAG

2024-02-26 00:31

IF this SkyEsports blow up, and its a big fucking if. They will be given a cease and desist letter from the real UK Sky Sports company I have no doubt

2024-02-26 00:49

Yeah, as far as i remember, the game No Man's Sky legit got sued by Sky for trademark infringement. If they are willing to sue a game for such a petty reason, why wouldnt they sue these guys? (whose name is wayyy more similar)

2024-02-26 04:14

Nah, they can't. They can't own that sky word.

2024-02-26 05:14

This sounds about right. Its up to interpretation to say its copyright infringement or not since sky esports and sky sport only differ one letter.

2024-02-26 10:04

U could argue it implies to be the eSports section of Sky because of the way the name is put together so copyright infringement makes more sense than it did with No Mans Sky

2024-02-26 13:38

Yeah agreed. Its a bit of a grey area since if you are in a different branch you can just use sky for example.

2024-02-26 13:53

EZ for word.exe

2024-02-26 01:03

India Gaming Carnival 2 ?

2024-02-26 01:17

The prizepool too big should just make 100k so remaining money can use for other tournaments in other month.

2024-02-26 01:25

dust2.in/news/42744/skyesports-reveals-t.. they do have plans for other months/events

2024-02-26 07:23

lets go forsaken !!!

2024-02-26 02:06

just have 2 india team and we wont complain 1 is not enough to grow ur scene

2024-02-26 02:07

tbh im willing to see them sacrifice having more indian teams in exchange for more viewership by having more international teams

2024-02-26 05:16

don't come anyone, stupid scammer everywhere, they will delay payment of your winnings prolly. Don't do it. Remember IGC, never forgive, never forget.!!

2024-02-26 04:35

Great :)

2024-02-26 04:50

Nice

2024-02-26 05:39

cool

2024-02-26 06:30

anyone remember what happened to dosia last time he went there?

2024-02-26 06:39

no, my guess is food poisoning or getting robbed

2024-02-26 09:03

Just so your racist ass knows, Moscow Five was never assaulted/mugged (I read your initial comment).

2024-02-27 08:00

i remember you making racist remarks but im the racist?! slander stinks.. the event was a scam and u know that very well. they lost money, time, possessions, this is a fact.

2024-02-27 09:31

What racist remarks have I ever made? Please care to tell me. I never said the tournament wasn't a scam, I'm saying Moscow Five was never assaulted/mugged there, that is misinformation that you were spreading. A fact about the tournament for you by the way, Indian Forums/Gamers themselves recognized it was a scam and had informed the foreign teams in advance of this fact, and tried to spread articles showing how the venue wasnt even remotely ready. But Moscow Five chose to attend anyways.

2024-02-27 15:03

Also, you are racist, stop playing dumb. You think people are blind? You will jump at any chance you can get to insult Indians. Even someone who is just commenting normal stuff, you will take that chance to indirectly insult them.

2024-02-27 15:24

I thought I've seen Skysports for a second there

2024-02-26 07:07

forsaken

2024-02-26 07:18

theyre announcing shit in hopes of getting funding lol

2024-02-26 08:49

Nice to see Skysports expanding into esports. Was tired of watching only football and F1.

2024-02-26 09:13

Do u actually know a sport where India is good, except cricket

2024-02-26 09:29

I have no faith in Indian management! Gonna be a shit show… too much corruption here… but it is getting better… I will believe once i see…

2024-02-26 13:56

ez4forsaken

2024-02-26 15:43

I'll be there, just dont check my pc or mouse plz

2024-02-26 17:08

or glasses*

2024-02-26 17:22

Glad to see Indian cs getting better

2024-02-26 17:11

The prize pool will tempt some good teams to go, good for India. Tough having a bot ruin your entire scene.

2024-02-26 17:24

>350k lan >t20 teams choose one

2024-02-26 18:16

EZ for Liquid

2024-02-26 19:27

You people do understand that there is 2 1/2 hours time difference between China and India so it is very possible to run a tournament parallel to the IEM. It will be us the viewers have their day full of fun.

2024-02-27 07:52